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German Free Thinkers Society

Date: 1902
Description: Members of the German-American Freie Gemeinde ("Free Thinkers") organization, posing in front of their building at Sauk City.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue

Date: 1939
Description: View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor...
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Crowd at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd gathered at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths are in the background, including a game booth where you can "Deflate The Axis,...
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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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Park and Pleasure Drive Association Members

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor view of two men standing and two women sitting in a grassy field. They are possibly members of the Park and Pleasure Drive Association, of which Ch...
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Commercial National Bank

Date: 03 10 1932
Description: The Commercial National Bank building, on the corner of State and Carroll Streets, housed the bank as well as Mrs. Brown's Beauty Shoppe and Wegener and Ro...
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CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
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Snowmobiling Club

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Description: Ed Westrick, the president of Genesse Trailmakers Club, and his family pose on their snowmobiles on a lawn.
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Milwaukee Merchants Group

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Description: Group of men and one woman posing on rocks.
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Boy Scouts Raise the Flag at Campground

Date: 1972
Description: Color photograph of Boy Scouts raising a flag as others stand at attention during a ceremony. Tents and a 1972 International Scout pickup are in the backgr...
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Army Fly-Over at Wausau

Date: 08 13 1928
Description: An exhibition of flying by the 1st Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The event took place at Marathon Park because President Calvin Coolidge, wh...
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Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
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Group Posing in front of Salvation Army

Date: 08 30 1945
Description: Group portrait of children and group leaders wearing paper hats and carrying flags, posing in front of the Salvation Army building, 121 West Wilson Street ...
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Boy Scouts, Troop #23

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #23 from Holy Redeemer Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #30

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #30 from Glenwood Moravian Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #4

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #4 from South Side Men's Club, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #24

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #24, Explorer Post from Nichols School, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park with Lake Monona in the background.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #16

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #16 from Blessed Sacrament Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #31

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #31 from Trinity Lutheran Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #45

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #45 from Stoughton, gathered around a campfire, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.

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